2000 A.D. (chess variant)

Description

Game rules

Pieces that move and capture the same way

• Moves as a chess queen;
• If captured the game is over.

• Moves as a chess king without royal powers.

• Moves as a chess knight.
• A Unicorn has the ability to capture Gorgons.

• Moves one step straight or diagonally forward;
• A Pawn can promote on entering opponent's half of the board to any piece previously lost.

  Pieces that move as a queen but have other power

• Captures by charging an enemy piece;
• Can capture up to seven pieces in one turn, if they are all adjacent to the square the Capricorn charges to.
• A Capricorn has the ability to capture Gorgons.

• Captures as a chess queen;
• Petrifies any enemy piece it attacks;
• If petrified by an enemy Gorgon, does not lose its power to petrify other pieces;
• A Gorgon can be captured only by a Unicorn or a Capricorn.

• Cannot capture but is subject to capture;
• Swaps places with any enemy piece it attacks;
• If swapped with an enemy Ximaera, the player may reverse-swap them, but not on his next turn.

• Captures by leaping an enemy piece to any vacant square immediately beyond it;
• Can make multiple captures in a single turn in the same direction;
• In a multiple capture, a Dragon is immobilized after one of the captures, if a Gorgon attacks it.

• The Mimotaur captures in the same manner as the piece being captured;
• Counter-petrifies an enemy Gorgon;
• Can swap places with an enemy Ximaera;
• A Mimotaur is incapable of attacking another Mimotaur;
• Must be adjacent to the Attendant to capture it;
• Must be in front of and adjacent to a pawn to capture it.

  Alternate piece

• Combines the powers of all the other pieces " into one Supreme Terror".